Trap Conglomerate
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from W.L. Carnegie, 1841
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/22
Scope and Contents
Letter with envelope to Sir Charles Lyell from W. L. Carnegie asking for information and advice on geological matters. He requests that Lyell might tell him where to find publications of Lyell's work and which publication about Trap he should buy. He discusses his work at quarries near Newcastle and relates a story (with diagram) about contractors there. He also mentions that he has discovered a quarry with superior material and expects to be able to supply Arbroath with cheap, high quality...
Dates:
1841
Notes on white-traps in Museum of Science and Art and Geological Survey Collection, the Office, Edinburgh, late 19th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/5/9
Scope and Contents
Notes on white-traps from various parts of Scotland (Ayrshire, Fife, Linlithgowshire) held either in the Museum of Science and Art or the offices of the Geological Survey in Edinburgh.
Dates:
late 19th century